The Tragedy of Michael B. Jordan

Not everyone knows that Michael B. Jordan once came dangerously close to losing his life. 

He was involved in a serious car accident in December 2023.

Michael B. Jordan’s 2023 Car Accident

Luckily, no one was hurt in the crash, but it happened on a busy street in Los Angeles, so it was fortunate that Michael was able to walk away from it unharmed, and that he didn’t hurt anyone else. 

The truth is that it could easily have turned out a lot worse.

TMZ was the first to report that the actor crashed his Ferrari 812 Superfast into a parked Kia SUV while driving on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

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According to the report, both vehicles were pretty badly damaged, but it was the light blue $400,000 Ferrari that took the worst of the collision. 

The right fender of Michael’s car came off, along with the right tire, too.

The LAPD arrived at the scene and determined that the movie star showed no signs of being under the influence or impaired in any way, so they didn’t perform a sobriety test on him.

How Michael B. Jordan Wrecked His Ferrari 

About a week later, the story of the incident became a hot topic online when a video of the crash started circulating. 

In the viral video, Michael’s Ferrari could be seen driving alongside a red one, and just as it overtook his, the blue Ferrari lost control and collided into the parked car on the side of the road.

Another report by TMZ revealed that the video was being used as part of the investigation into the incident. 

The outlet’s sources shared that if the police found criminal culpability after determining the cause of the accident, then they would forward the case to prosecutors.

And they claimed that there was a possibility that Michael could be charged if that were the situation.

It was speculated by those who watched the video that the two ferraris might have been racing each other down Sunset Boulevard. 

Tenshi Speaks Out About Michael B. Jordan’s Car Accident 

By mid-December, more shocking details about the accident surfaced when Entertainment Tonight shared its interviews with the red Ferrari driver and the person who filmed the crash.

Tenshi Angel, the owner of the other Ferrari in the video, told the outlet that he’d just been driving in Hollywood, listening to music, when Michael’s car pulled up alongside him.

Tenshi claimed that he couldn’t see who was driving the car next to his. 

It wasn’t until he saw the story on the news later that evening that he realized he’d been next to a movie star.

They were reportedly just cruising down the road together for about two blocks.

At one point, they began revving their engines a little bit. 

He said that he honked the car horn three times and then drove ahead, which was when the accident happened.

Tenshi insisted that the duo weren’t racing each other. 

He said: “We were revving engines, but we weren’t going fast at all.”

After beeping his horn and taking off, Tenshi alleged that he picked up speed really fast, and when he looked back, he couldn’t see Michael’s car anymore, so he slowed down.

But he didn’t turn the car around because he supposedly didn’t see the crash happen. 

He thought that Michael had just turned a corner or something, so he kept driving on.

The Ferrari owner made the claim that he would’ve stopped to help him if he’d known that he’d crashed. 

He suggested that Michael maybe needed some driving lessons, and after revealing that he’d been driving for a long time, he offered to give some lessons to the famous actor.

Michael B. Jordan’s Car Crash Caught On Camera By Artist

The person who caught the collision on camera is an artist who goes by the stage name Bagchaser Lingo, per ET.

He explained that the reason he was recording was because he was a big fan of luxury cars.

Bagchaser Lingo claimed that it looked like the two drivers were racing each other, because ‘they were side by side.’

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Though he witnessed the accident, he didn’t stop to help Michael because he said that he was late for an event.

He alleged that he caught up with Tenshi further up the road and warned him that the blue Ferrari had crashed, thinking that they were maybe friends, but Tenshi told him that they weren’t.

Bagchaser Lingo said that he knew that “it wasn’t that bad of an impact that he might be hurt.”

He added that he was still relieved when he found out that nobody got injured.

Michael B. Jordan Dismissed Of Charges 

Just over a year after the accident happened, TMZ reported that the investigation into the incident had been closed, and that Michael wasn’t going to be charged with anything. 

Despite the video of the crash, the LAPD told the outlet that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove what exactly went down that evening in December.

The crime that Michael could’ve been accused of was street racing, which is considered to be a misdemeanor. 

But in order to prove that, the police would need evidence that Michael was definitely driving the vehicle, but the police only showed up after the crash, and the star couldn’t be seen in the video.

Since the investigators couldn’t tell how fast the Ferrari driver was going in the footage, they couldn’t fine him for speeding either.

So, the investigation was dropped.

What Happened To Michael’s Ferrari After The Car Accident? 

But the story didn’t end there, because something pretty strange happened to Michael’s car after the accident. 

AutoEvolution covered the bizarre journey that the Ferrari was taken on.

Because of the damage to the vehicle, Micahel’s insurance company claimed that it was ‘a write-off.’

In January 2024, the company put the car up for sale in the state that it was in, without any repairs of any kind.

Someone bid for the car, but just two months later, they mysteriously put it on eBay, with a price tag of $198,999. 

The listing was good news for someone who’d had their eye on the car ever since the day of the crash.

James Condon, the owner of the YouTube channel TheStradman, was reportedly hoping that he would get the chance to buy the second-hand Ferrari 812 Superfast.

In his bio, he claimed that he loved supercars and that he lived in Park City, Utah.

According to the article, his friend was there at the scene of the accident and immediately told James about what’d happened.

A year later, he bought the car on eBay for $187,000. 

He then purchased a trailer and drove for ten hours to get to California and collect the wrecked Ferrari. 

He documented his journey with a video for his Youtube Channel that has racked up over a million views. 

How Did Michael B. Jordan Become Famous? 

Luckily for Michael, replacing his luxury car wasn’t something that he would struggle to do financially, given that he is worth $50 million, per Celebrity Net Worth. 

The actor got his break on the hit TV show The Wire when he was just a teenager. 

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And since then, movies like Fruitvale Station, Creed, and Black Panther have made him a household name.

Michael Said, ‘There’s A Loneliness That I Have …’

But Michael has been open about how being in the Hollywood elite is not all it’s made out to be. 

On an episode of the Jay Shetty Podcast, he said that he didn’t mind some of the challenges a lot of movie stars have to face.

He explained that he loved multitasking and the balancing act that he did.

But he went on to confess that the worst part was the loneliness that came with that.

Michael told Jay: “There’s a loneliness that I have. The responsibility that you have is isolating, and the weight is isolating.”

He continued by saying that the worst part of it all was the feeling that nobody really understood.

When Jay asked him about how his love life was, Michael repeated that it was very lonely. 

He shared that the sacrifice, the compromise that came with a partnership and a relationship, and understanding how to make that all work, would sometimes give him anxiety and pause.

Michael explained that because of his celebrity status, love wasn’t enough to make a romantic relationship work.

He admitted that it would take a very special person to understand and grow with him, and that he had reached the point where he wanted to start a family with someone.

Hopefully, he’ll be able to get there some day.